IPL 2025 final: RCB vs PBKS: Shreyas Iyer wins toss; elects to bowl
The Hindu
Indian Premier League 2025 finals: IPl season 18 finals: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings in Ahmedabad on June 3, 2025
Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bowl first during the IPL 2025 final against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad on Tuesday (June 3, 2025).
Both Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings are playing the same XI which they played in the last match.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated Punjab Kings in the qualifier 1 to enter the finals while Punjab Kings mastered Mumbai Indians in the qualifier 2 to have a face-off at the Bengaluru team.
Both the teams are playing to lift their maiden title.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarawal, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood
Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Josh Inglis(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kyle Jamieson, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
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